Learn about the Letter Z. Learn that Z is a consonant in the alphabet. Learn to recognize the upper and lowercase letter Z, how to write the letter Z z and the sound that letter z makes.

Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. It is used in the modern English alphabet, in the alphabets of other Western European languages, and in others worldwide.

3 [noncount] — used in the phrase x, y, and z to refer to the third thing in a group of three unnamed things

Idiom catch/cop/get some z's (Definition of Z, z from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Dec 16, 2025 · The more usual form is z, while ze is used before words starting with s, z and certain consonant clusters. In certain contexts (in the meaning "out of the surface" or "down …

Z, z /zi/ n. [countable], pl. Zs or Z's, zs or z's. the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

'Z' is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the English alphabet. Consonants are sounds that are pronounced with restriction in the vocal tract.

Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (z) of zone.

plural Z's, Zs, z's, zs the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer. something having the shape of a …

Z (or z) is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. It is used in the modern English alphabet, in the alphabets of other Western European languages, and in others worldwide.